Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Key: DbDb
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
DbDb Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7 Db/F Ebm/Gb Eb/GEb/G Ab7Ab7 Eb9Eb9 Ab9Ab9
Verse:
Db6Db6 A7A7
Uncle Goodenberg was a bookworm
D6D6 Ab9Ab9
And he lived on Charring Cross
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The memory of his volumes brings a smile
Ebm9Ebm9 Ab9Ab9
He would read me lots of stories
Db7Db7 Cb7Cb7 Bb7Bb7
When he wasn't on the sauce
Eb7Eb7
Now I'd like to share the wisdom
Ab7Ab7 BbM7Bbm7 Bdim7Bdim7 Cm7b5Cm7b5
Of my favourite bibliophile
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He said a
Chorus:
Db6Db6
Cover is not the book
Eb7Eb7
So open it up and take a look
Ab7Ab7
'Cause under the cover one discovers
Db6Db6
That the king maybe a crook
Ebdim7Ebdim7 FdimFdim Gb6Gb6 Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter titles are like signs
Db/Ab Cb9Cb9 Bb9Bb9
And if you read between the lines
EbmEbm F7F7 BbmBbm Eb9Eb9
You'll find your first impression was mistook
Db/Ab
For a cover is nice
Ab7Ab7 DbDb
But a cover is not the book
Verse:
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7 DbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7 DbDb Dbmaj7/Ab
Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7 DbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7
"Mary Poppins, could you give us an example "
"Certainly"
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Nelly Rebitta was made of wood
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But what could not be seen was though
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A augmentedA trunk up top was barren
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While her roots were lush and green
Ebdim7Ebdim7 FdimFdim Gb6Gb6 Gbdim7Gbdim7
So in Spring when Mr. Hickery
Db/Ab Bb7#5
saw her blossoms blooming there
Eb9Eb9 Ab7Ab7
He took fruit despite her bark
Db9Db9 Ab7Ab7 Db6Db6
And now there's seedlings everywhere
Chorus:
Gbmaj7/Ab Ab9Ab9
Which proves
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A augmentedA cover is not the book
Bb7Bb7 Eb7Eb7
So open it up and take a look
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'Cause under the cover one discovers
Db6Db6
That the king maybe a crook
Ebdim7Ebdim7 FdimFdim Gb6Gb6 Eb7b5/G
Chap - ter titles are like signs
Db/Ab Cb9Cb9 Bb9Bb9
And if you read between the lines
EbmEbm F7F7 BbmBbm Eb9Eb9
You'll find your first impression was mistook
Db/Ab
For a cover is nice
Ab7Ab7 DbDb
But a cover is not the book
Verse:
Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7 DbDb Dbmaj7/Ab Ebm7add4 Ab7Ab7 Bb majorBb Bbmaj7/F
Cm7add4 F7F7 Bb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4
"Should we do the one about the wealthy widow "
"Ooh, by all means"
"Always loved that one"
"Well, go on then"
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Lady Hyacinth Macaw
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Brought all her treasures to a reef
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Where she only wore a smile
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Plus two feathers, and a leaf
Ddim7Ddim7 Eb6Eb6 Edim7Edim7
So no one tried to rob her
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'Cause she barely wore a stitch
D9D9 F7F7
For when you're in your birthday suit
F7F7 Bb6Bb6
There ain't much there to show you're rich
Chorus:
F7#5
Oh, a
Bb6Bb6 Ab9Ab9
Cover is not the book
C7C7
So open it up and take a look
F7F7
'Cause under the cover one discovers
Bb majorBb
That the king maybe a crook
Cdim7Cdim7 Ddim7Ddim7 Eb6Eb6 Ebdim7Ebdim7 Bb/FBb/F Ab9Ab9 G7G7
Taru - la - lee, tarurala, tarulalee, tara - ta - ta
C minorCm D7D7 G minorGm C9C9
You'll find your first impression was mistook (ya-da-da-da)
F#9F#9 Bb.F
For a cover is nice
F7F7 Bb majorBb
But a cover is not the book
Verse:
Cm7add4 F7F7 Bb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cmadd4 F7F7 Bb majorBb Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 F7F7 Bb majorBb
Bbmaj7/F Cm7add4 F7F7 Bb majorBb A augmentedA Bb majorBb Ab7Ab7 G+G Ab7b5 G+G
"Oh give us the one about that dirty rascal, why don't ya"
"Isn't that one a bit long "
"Well the quicker you're into it, the quicker you're out of it"
C majorC
Once upon a time
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In a nursery rhyme
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There was a castle with a king
Hiding in a wing
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'Cause he never went to school to learn a single thing
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He had scepters and swords
G9#5
And a parliament of lords
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But on the inside he was sad
Egad!
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Because he never had a wisdom for numbers
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A augmentedA wisdom for words
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Though his crown was quite immense
A7A7
His brain was smaller that a bird's
C#C# D MajorD Db9Db9
So the queen of the nation
D9D9
Made a royal proclamation
G+G Adim/G
"To the Missus and the Messers
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The more or lessers
E MajorE
Bring me all the land's professors"
Then she went to the hair dressers
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And they came from the east
A7A7
And they came from the south
D9D9 Bdim/F
From each college they poured knowledge
D9D9
From their brains into his mouth
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But the king couldn't learn
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So each professor met their fate
Bm7b5 Bm7b5 E7E7
For the queen had their heads removed
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And placed upon the gate
And on that date
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I state their wives all got a note
Their mate was now the late great
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But then suddenly one day
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A augmentedA stranger started in to sing
C/GC/G E7E7
He said "I'm the dirty rascal
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And I'm here to teach the king"
D9D9
And the queen clutched her jewels
G7G7
For she hated royal fools
D9D9 G7G7
But this fool had some rules
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They really ought to teach in schools
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Like you'll be a happy king
Eb9Eb9 Db6/F Gbm(maj7)
If you enjoy the things you've got
Gm7b5Gm7b5 Cm7b5Cm7b5 F7F7
You should never try to be
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The kind of person that you're not
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So they sang and they laughed
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For the king had found a friend
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And they ran onto a rainbow for
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The story's perfect end
EbM7Ebm7 Edim7Edim7
So the moral is you mustn't let
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The outside be the guide
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For it's not so cut and dried
Well unless it's Dr. Jekyll
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Then you better hide
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Petrified
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No, the truth can't be denied
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As I now have testified
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All that really counts and matters
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Is the special stuff inside
"He did it!"
Instrumental:
FF G/F DbDb FF
Chorus:
F9F9 Bb6Bb6 Ab9Ab9
Oh, a cover is not the book
G7#5 C7C7
So open it up and take a look
F7F7
Cause under the cover one discovers
Bb6Bb6
That the king maybe a crook
Eb6Eb6 Edim7Edim7
So please listen to what we've said
Bb/FBb/F Dm7b5/Ab G7G7
And open a book tonight in bed
Cm7Cm7 D7D7 G minorGm C9C9
So one more time before we get the hook (sing it out strong!)
F#9F#9 Bb/FBb/F FaugFaug
A augmentedA cover is nice (Please take our advice)
Bb/FBb/F FaugFaug
A augmentedA cover is nice (Or you'll pay the price)
Bb/FBb/F Fdim7Fdim7
A augmentedA cover is nice
F7F7 Bb majorBb
But a cover is not the book
Outro:
GbGb Bb majorBb GbGb Bb majorBb GbGb Bb majorBb